# ID Scanner: Redact PDF — ID copies, watermark & OCR

> ID copies, watermark & OCR (iPhone/iPad app by Jiang Yu.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id-scanner-redact-pdf/id6783196411 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jiang Yu](https://appshunter.io/developer/1064347816)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, Chinese
- Released: 2026-07-02
- Data updated: 2026-10-28

## What is ID Scanner?

Turn IDs and paperwork into files you can actually send: redaction here removes the pixels and the hidden text layer, not just a black rectangle on top. Scanning is unlimited and free, with no account - processing stays on your device.

• Scan both sides of an ID or import photos
• Review, replace, delete, add, and reorder pages
• Create A4 PDFs or share original images
• Export one long image, or stitch your screen-by-screen screenshots
• Add purpose watermarks and mask sensitive numbers
• Print ID copies at the physical 85.6 × 54 mm size
• Use employment, visa, banking, and rental checklists
• Recognize text locally with OCR
• Redact PDF areas: pixels and the underlying text are both removed
• Privacy check reads real on-device values, and wipes every file in one tap

Scanning, OCR, PDF/JPG sharing, printing, watermarks and the PDF redact tool are free with no page limit. Pro adds batch processing, advanced templates, standard copy controls, reusable settings, and advanced PDF tools.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly Plan | $0.99 | per month |
| Annual Plan | $4.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime Plan | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is ID Scanner safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess ID Scanner.

## Is ID Scanner legit?

ID Scanner: Redact PDF appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for ID Scanner is 75 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4.2 — 2026-10-27

New: redact a PDF by drawing over it - the covered area is burned into the page, so the text under it can no longer be copied or found by search. Scanning now has no page limit, and a privacy check screen shows measured on-device values with one-tap deletion of every stored file.

### 1.4.1 — 2026-10-21

Small fix: the rating request now appears after you finish exporting a scan, instead of only after a share - a step most people never reached. Scanning, OCR, watermarks and masking are unchanged and stay free.

### 1.4.0 — 2026-10-19

1.4.0 adds long images.

- Long Screenshot stitching (new tool): iOS has no automatic scrolling capture for other apps, so you keep taking screenshots one screen at a time and the app finds the overlap between neighbouring frames and merges them into a single continuous image, dropping the fixed header and footer that repeat in every frame. Up to 8 screenshots. When no overlap can be trusted it never guesses a cut point: frames are joined in order with a visible seam, and the result states honestly how many pairs merged and with what confidence.
- Scan review gains a Long Image export next to A4 PDF and original-size images. After masking sensitive numbers and applying your purpose watermark, the pages are composed into one PNG that is easy to send in a single message.
- Neither feature requires Pro.

### 1.3.3 — 2026-10-13

1.3.3 makes passport reading more accurate.

- The machine-readable zone at the bottom of a passport page is now checked field by field against its ICAO check digit before any value is used, and letters in names, passport numbers and country codes are no longer swapped for digits - so a name like SAKAMOTO stays SAKAMOTO.
- Expiry dates in the 2030s are no longer read as the 1930s, and impossible dates such as 31 February are rejected instead of accepted.
- An unreadable gender marker no longer overwrites a value that was already recognised, and the gender from a passport is now shown in your own language.
- Expiry reminders now arrive in your own language instead of English on devices set to Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Italian or Brazilian Portuguese.

### 1.3.2 — 2026-09-24

1.3.2 is a privacy and reliability update.

- Safer exports: scans, annotated PDFs and password-protected PDFs are written to a protected staging area that iOS keeps unreadable while your device is locked, and are cleaned up once you finish sharing. They no longer pass through an unprotected temporary folder.
- More honest expiry reminders: a reminder only counts as enabled when iOS actually grants notification access, you are told when it does not, and a lead time that has already passed now fires the next day instead of silently never arriving.
- Task pack progress is recognised again after you change your device language — documents filed under an older language's folder name are counted instead of the pack staying at 0.
- The privacy watermark is no longer applied for members, and your choice is remembered.
- Corrected the paywall description of the batch-processing benefit so it matches what the app really does.

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